M. Pezão returns to the Octagon in February 2020. Photo: Reproduction/Facebook @ufc
The Brazilian Marcos Foot He already has a date to return to the octagon. The heavyweight (up to 120,2kg) signed a contract and will face off against Ben Sosoli in one of the fights at UFC Auckland, which takes place on February 23rd. With the new commitment, the São Paulo native seeks to rediscover the path to victory within the organization. The announcement of the fight was made by Ultimate.
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The February fight will represent the 10th time that Pezão will put on the Ultimate gloves. The Brazilian's moment, however, is not the best in his recent history within the company.
Defeated by Stefan struve At the beginning of this year, Marcos ended up accumulating his third defeat in the last five appearances. The athlete, who previously struggled to be among the elite in the category, now needs to win to get back on track with his career.
At UFC Auckland, the Brazilian will face Ben Sosoli, who is coming off a fight against the controversial Greg hardy. At the time, Sosoli made his debut for the company, in a duel that represented one of the battles of the ufc boston, in October.
Ben arrived in Ultimate on the back of four consecutive victories. Revealed by 'Dana White's Contender Series', the heavyweight still hasn't managed to repeat the performances that guaranteed his contract and, at first, ended up defeated by Hardy in his debut. The confrontation, however, had the result changed to 'no contest' after the North American was caught using an inhaler (asthma inhaler) between the second and third rounds – which is prohibited.
With the change in result, Sosoli remained undefeated in Ultimate and hopes, in the match against the Brazilian, to achieve his first positive result.
At 34 years old, Marcos has 23 fights in his professional MMA career. The fighter has 16 wins, six losses and one draw.
Ben, 29, has 11 fights, with seven triumphs, two setbacks and two unsuccessful appearances.
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